<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58919]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not offended by dumb blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not offended by dumb blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45457]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real malady is fear of life, not of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real malady is fear of life, not of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something's going to happen in Cornwall on a bridge. Something controversial involving the Natives. The bridge is going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something's going to happen in Cornwall on a bridge. Something controversial involving the Natives. The bridge is going to be blocked and this is going to be big, national news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1153]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terra - these form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We must never speak to simple, excitable people about "the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We must never speak to simple, excitable people about "the Day" without emphasizing again and again the utter impossibility of prediction. We must try to show them that that impossibility is an essential part of the doctrine. If you do not believe our Lord's words, why do you believe in His return at all? And if you do believe them, must you not put away from you, utterly and forever, any hope of dating that return?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where trash cans are ugly, weather-beaten with peeling paint. If we make them look like works of art, people will treat them as such. People would be encouraged to observe them as art that is also utilitarian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never say don't get 100 or let's get 100. Whatever happens, happens. I just want our kids to play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33396]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never say don't get 100 or let's get 100. Whatever happens, happens. I just want our kids to play hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let all live as they would die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let all live as they would die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael had one of his best years in many ways, although the fumbles were a great negative to the team. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael had one of his best years in many ways, although the fumbles were a great negative to the team. He took it quite personally, and he's done a very good job of working on everything this offseason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63124]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2175]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs, And speak men what they can to him he'll answer  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51898]]></link><description><![CDATA[This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs, And speak men what they can to him he'll answer  With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,   Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29848]]></link><description><![CDATA[By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got through that and, of course, now I think we are in a position of strength and to move ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33226]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got through that and, of course, now I think we are in a position of strength and to move forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20930]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44105]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's going to take awhile, I know. City engineers as well as the [Army] Corps of Engineers are working right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38112]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's going to take awhile, I know. City engineers as well as the [Army] Corps of Engineers are working right now to dredge out an area around Pier 6 so we can bring in barges and help facilitate the removal of the debris. But it's going to take months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest of happiness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65437]]></link><description><![CDATA[To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were such the wife had fallen to my part, I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were such the wife had fallen to my part, I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way,  That private reason 'tis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12633]]></link><description><![CDATA[And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way,  That private reason 'tis more just to curb,   Than by disputes the public peace disturb;    For points obscure are of small use to learn,     But common quiet is mankind's concern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4692]]></link><description><![CDATA[To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In lang, lang days o' simmer, When the clear and cloudless sky  Refuses ae weep drap o' rain  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58253]]></link><description><![CDATA[In lang, lang days o' simmer, When the clear and cloudless sky  Refuses ae weep drap o' rain   To Nature parched and dry,    The genial night, wi' balmy breath,     Gars verdue, spring anew,      An' ilka blade o' grass       Keps its ain drap o' dew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience makes a woman beautiful in middle age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience makes a woman beautiful in middle age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21054]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15610]]></link><description><![CDATA[A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success has always been a great liar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success has always been a great liar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents  The armorers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents  The armorers accomplishing the knights,   With busy hammers closing rivets up,    Give dreadful note of preparation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a situation of chaos in the military line of command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40297]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a situation of chaos in the military line of command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sendeth cold after clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51918]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sendeth cold after clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...cops and reporters are much alike. Both are absolutely dedicated to doing the job at hand, regardless of obstacles. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44823]]></link><description><![CDATA[...cops and reporters are much alike. Both are absolutely dedicated to doing the job at hand, regardless of obstacles. And both, deep down, really believe the rules don't apply to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50794]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shut my eyes in order to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shut my eyes in order to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23</guid></item></channel></rss>